Posted by One-Shot Scot on 10/12/05 03:16

<<"Consumers will not rush to buy either format," said Kazuharu Miura,
senior analyst at Daiwa Institute of Research.>>

<<"Mass customers will wait until the prices go down and that is likely to
be the time when compatible hardware arrives on the market," Miura said.>>


I'm not sure what the senior analyst is getting at here. Is he saying that
some people will buy HD disks before there is anything on which to play
them? More likely, he is saying that dual-format HD players will be the key
to mass customer acceptance.

And how can he say that mass consumers will wait for HD disk prices to go
down before we have even seen what the initial prices will be? Have any HD
DVDs been released yet?

I am very comfortable with today's DVD pricing: Most single-movie, new
releases are priced well under $20. Catalog titles seem to float between
$6.99 and $12.99 -- sometimes for movies which were originally released on
DVD for $35. DVD has become a big hit, and people like it just the way it
is. The HD DVD format war will only confuse consumers. Confused consumers
will become apathetic and not buy into either format.

But, for those who are tired of all the horse shit and don't want to wait
any longer for American HD DVDs and players, this article will be of great
interest:

High-Definition DVD: Available Now!

http://www.connectedhomemag.com/HomeTheater/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=43123

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